Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 May 2016

Arlington, Texas… officer used the taser on Sadek after the two got into a physical fight. But, with the help of two private citizens, the suspect was eventually taken into custody.… Police say they found several firearms inside Sadek’s car.… allegedly threatened another woman with a knife before the incident… Agents with the FBI were contacted because … [he] claimed to be affiliated with the ISIS terrorist group.…

Children as young as six from Atuler village in Sichuan province have to scale a huge rockface using rickety ladders…

Is Oklahoma trying to be America’s least progressive state?

As a budget crisis bites, liberals and some conservatives wonder if rightwing fears over abortion and transgender rights are tipping their state into chaos…

School drops Lord’s Prayer from graduation after single complaint — students recite it anyway…

Trump dumps on GOP Gov. Susana Martinez during New Mexico rally for some reason…
“EcoSexual” students at SMC “marry the ocean”…
How 1960s Radicals Ended Up Teaching Your Kids…

During his visit to Hiroshima — the first by an American president — Barack Hussein Obama expressed remorse for the death toll in World War Two. Mr. Obama also spoke of his hope for a world without nuclear weapons.

In other news, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an interview that Islam has no place in Slovakia…

Why Solar Energy Is Bad for the Environment…
Penn Jillette on Atheism and Libertarianism…
Trump eats McDonald's…

Campus censorship is holding women back…
Princeton protesters want faculty with learning disabilities…
Islamic State has Euro 2016 in its sights…

…The big news on this day last year was Lyndon Baines O'Bama micro-managing air strikes against ISIS…